During a live broadcast Friday, Jimenez and his crew were arrested by Minnesota State Patrol after identifying themselves and showing their press credentials."We are live on the air at the moment. This is the four of us, we are one team. Just put us back where you want us, just let us know. Wherever you want us, just let us know," Jimenez tells a row of police officers before an officer comes behind him with handcuffs.
Jimenez said the one thing that gave him a bit of comfort is that it was captured on live television. "Because you can have people speak up for you without you saying anything, so that gave me a bit of comfort knowing you guys saw that was happening," he said."You don't have to doubt my story… but it definitely was nerve racking at certain points."
The incident has sparked backlash on social media, including towards a statement posted to Twitter from the Minnesota State Patrol. "In the course of clearing the streets and restoring order at Lake Street and Snelling Avenue, four people were arrested by State Patrol troopers, including three members of a CNN crew. The three were released once they were confirmed to be members of the media,""That’s not what happened. This is a lie. We all saw it. This spin is erroneous and disingenuous,"
What ghe hell!! People are color blind!!
A news outlet which makes it's job to divide Americans on a daily basis, now shows(conveniently) a black reporter being arrested on national television. Only to pour more gasoline on a fire. No agenda here. You should know by now it's all a charade.
This reporters are the source of violence and burglaries!
Minnesota 1 of STRICTEST DEM-LED SHUTDOWNS in U.S! Yung PeopleSO frustratD with DEM LDRs,even LOCALs.If DEM-run Ldrshp wasn'tSO bad/peopleNot so restrctD,tensions wouldn't lead to destryN loc busins/ActionsSpeak Loudr thN wrds/PRES takN Actions to CHANGE Inept,Unusual DEM CONTROL
The Minneapolis Governor and Police Chief says they apologize for arresting the CNN reporter. You don’t have to tell us this shit!! We know damn well it shouldn’t have happened. Yet because he appeared to be Black, he got arrested first out of the whole crew.👨🏾💼🎤🎥
The United States has sent out troops to suppress the unarmed people.
Not good enough. The governor needs to make this report directly and actions need to back up this position. Otherwise it is simply fluff during a period when prompt and substantive action is required.
Who ordered the officers to arrest the CNN reporter and team? Did Barr make a phone call to someone?
The CNN reporter was told by the arresting officer that he was only following orders while making the arrest. I would like to know who gave those orders to the officer. I’m sure CNN will investigate. Why was the arrest ordered? Who was behind it?
The police are a little racist, don’t ya think?
It's called RACISM!!!!!
Legal action Should be taken by ATT against the state for denying first amendment rights.
you we're in the way , and was told to back off several times , you did not heed the warning,
Arresting journalists is the kind of thing that happens in dictatorships and authoritarian regimes. We live in a democracy
MinneapolisPD proving over and over how racist they are.
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We don’t want his apologies. We want justice.
This is MN for you!!! Period
GovTimWalz Soooo, how much gray matter does it take to understand an arrest (or four) and JusticeForGeorgeFloyd would end all of this? The evidence is there. Stop being ignorant. You are complacent until you do what is right.
The police in Minneapolis finally did something right
An apology? This is evidence of what happens daily. Apologies don’t make it go away
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amazing how fast the cops were able to arrest a reporter standing in the wrong spot but still won't arrest 4 video documented Murderers of GeorgeFloyd. MinneapolisPoliceMurderdHim causing the MinneapolisProtests MinneapolisUprising MinneapolisRiots PoliceBrutality BLM
What needs to be done so black people build something instead of burning for a change?
It was because of the color of his skin.
I got it from a good source that he was arrested for lying to police. He said he was a reporter and that he works for CNN, but we all know CNN don't have reporters. They employ clowns at the Clown News Network.
... So does anyone have any doubts America is a RACIST ENVIRONMENT? A white CNN reporter questioned & left to do his job A black journalism identified himself as the press & was arrested without explanation ON CAMERA .. I SAW IT LIVE, so .. It continues
This is SO UNBELIEVABLE!!! FreedomOfSpeech
How about apologizing for failing to protect the city? 🤔
I wonder how that conversation went.
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